Category: World Today

Ignorant media, ignorant or hate-mongering “scholars” are busy in coining terms and propaganda of falsehood. Islam and its teachings are defined by the God, Almighty and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w.) and no one else! A widely used term is “Islamic terrorists”. Sorry, but there are NO Islamic terrorists. It is true that some… Continue reading There Are NO Islamic Terrorists!

Allah T’ala says in the Holy Quran:  إَنَّ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءنَا وَرَضُواْ بِالْحَياةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاطْمَأَنُّواْ بِهَا وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا غَافِلُونَ أُوْلَـئِكَ مَأْوَاهُمُ النُّارُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ   Surely those who do not expect to meet Us, who are gratified with the life of the world and content with it, and are heedless of… Continue reading The Fallacy of Utilitarian Morality

Allah T’ala says in the Holy Quran: وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ كَالَّذِينَ خَرَجُواْ مِن دِيَارِهِم بَطَرًا وَرِئَاء النَّاسِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَاللّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ (8:47) And be not like those who came forth from their homes exulting, with a desire to be seen of people, and hindering others from the way of Allah. Allah encompasses… Continue reading Moral State of the present-day Armies

What commercial and cultural propaganda presents as beautiful is rooted in ugly paganism but most blind followers do not know. By Khalid BaigPosted: 24 Zul-Qa’dah 1422, 7 February 2002 twin sister of bidah There is a group of practices that we can consider as the twin sister of bid’ah. Like bid’ah they flourish on the… Continue reading Valentine Day, Birthdays, and Other Daze

Islam and Civilization By Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Scope and Significance Islam and civilisation is a realistic and living issue which relates not only to the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the teachings of Islam, but also to the reality of life itself, the present and future of mankind and the… Continue reading Islam and Civilization by Nadwi

About 3500 years ago, the Pharaoh of Egypt had declared himself Lord, ruling his nation as if life and death were in his hands. There were people in Egypt, mostly the Israelites, who believed in One God, but were made slaves and severely persecuted to the extent that their boys were killed as they were… Continue reading Invasion of Paganism into Monotheism by Materialism

Although the pen and the sword are arrayed against it, Islam is spreading. But there are also problems within the Muslim reawakening. By Khalid BaigPosted: 14 Zul-Hijjah 1423, 16 February 2003 We are living at a time when the daily news about the world, especially about the Muslim world is quite depressing. In Palestine, Kashmir,… Continue reading The Ship and the Lifeboats by Khalid Baig

Harry Potter: Facts about Fiction By Khalid BaigPosted: 21 Rabi-u-Thani 1424, 21 June 2003 As expected there was much frenzy around the latest Harry Potter book. Bookstores and clubs around the world arranged special midnight parties and other events in celebration of the launching of the long-awaited fifth book in the series. A grandiose countdown… Continue reading Harry Potter: Facts about Fiction

Analysis: More than Bad Rulers and Corrupt Societies By Khalid BaigPosted: 18 Safar 1424, 20 April 2003 In the past centuries the Muslim world was much more integrated than we realize. It was one social, cultural, religious and economic domain. Its language, system of education, currency, and laws were the same.   When British journalist… Continue reading Analysis: More than Bad Rulers and Corrupt Societies

American economist Robert Samuelson recently made an interesting observation about the American society in his Newsweek column: “America’s glories and evils are tightly fused together.” Quoting sociologist Seymour Lipset, he asserts that America’s economic vitality and progress come from the same source as do crime, family breakdown, inequality, and vulgarity. Freedom and individualism have fired… Continue reading Reason and Revelation by Khalid Baig